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\VILFRED EAMES, OF EVANSVILLE, LNDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE EVANS- VILLEPUMP COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,920, dated July 10,1883.

' Application filed May 25, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern; 7

Be it known that I, WILFRED EAMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention has relation to force-pumps, and more particularly to thatclass where the pumping mechanism is located under the platform of thewell, or at any distance below the surface of the ground; and the objectis to provide a pump for the ready, rapid, and effective raising orforcing of the water, and to accomplish it in the simplest possiblemanner, so that there will be no complicated parts or undue liability toget out of order; and to that end the novelty consists in theconstruction of the same, as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference indicate likeparts of 'the in-' Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of myimproved pump. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the pump-cylinders andconnections; and Fig. 3 is perspective detail of the pump Fig. 4 is sideelevation of the pump cylinder and connections.

A is the base, secured to the platform B. This base A has cast thereon aclamp, a, and a is a similar clamp secured to the former by bolts a, sothat the pump-standard C may be clamped atany desired position.

D is the piston-rod, which passes through a guide, d, in the baseA.

E is the handle, which is fulcrumed in top e of the standard 0,.whi1eits shorter end is hinged or pivoted to the upper end of the piston-rodD. The plug 1 is conical in shape,

and its base, being uppermost, is securely held in place by friction,thus dispensing with any other fastening device, and at the same time itmay be readily withdrawn, when necessary, for repairs. l'norder toadaptor adjust the handle E to the height of a person, the bolts a inthe base A areloosened and the standard 0 raised or lowered as desired.The bolts are then screwed up, so as to clamp the standard between theparts a and a at any desired height. The standard 0 may extend downintothe well any distance. To its lower end is secured (preferably byscrew-threads) a T-connection, F, and to the lower endof this connectionF is secured a short pipe, G, of the same diameter as the standard 0. IThis pipe G has a T-connection, H, similar to connec tion F. I is asuction-pipe secured thereto, which extends down into the water.

K is the'top pumpingcylinder, provided with an outlet, 71, whichcommunicates with V the upper connection, F. The cylinder is secured tothe connection by means of the bolts it It, passing through the lugs Land L.

M is the lower cylinder, and consists of a straight piece of pipe turnedtrue on the end s, so as to make a joint with the bottom of the uppercylinder, K, and with the elbow N.

m mare lugs on the cylinder K, and similar lugs, a n, are on the elbowN, and these are connected by the bolts 0, so that the cylinder M isclamped between the top cylinder, K, and the elbow N. This elbow N isprovided with lugs o o, by means of which it is bolted to similar lugsfo0, on the connection H. The upper part of the elbow N is conical inshape, and hasa wooden plug, P, to which is secured the valve Q. 7 Thelower end of the pistonrod D has a rubber cup-shaped valve-piston, It,working in the cylinder M 5 and Sis an ordinary form of piston in thetop cylinder, K.

In operation the piston-rod is raised and the water drawn through thesuction-pipe I, 0011- spout (not shown) in the top. I

T is a removable wooden plug in the lower end of the pipe G, whichprevents the suctionwater passing through said pipe, and causes it totake the course above mentioned through the cylinders.

VVhen' the pump is not in use, the column of water remaining in thestandard 0 allows whatever sediment or foreign matter it may contain tofall by gravity and settle in the pipe G, thus preventing its injuringthe cylinders and insuring the discharge of clear water.

Where the pump is used for pumping water and sand in driven wells, thesand falls into the pipe G and does not injure the facing of the valveQ.

'with the connection H, elbow N, and pumpcylinders K M, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The cylinder K, having lugs m m and outlet h, cast in one piece, theelbow N, having lugs n n, in combination with the cylinder M, bolts 0 O,and connections F H, and pipe G, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The connections F H, having lugs L 0,

in combination with the cylinders K M, the former having lugs L, and theelbow N, having lugs ,0, as'and fonthe purpose set forth.

4. The elbow N, having conical upper portion, and provided with Ytheconical wooden plug P, inserted so its base forms the seat for the valveQ, as set forth.

5-. In a force-pump, the pipe G, provided with removable plug T,'forminga sand-chamber, in combination with the couplings F H, standard 0,cylinder M, and elbow N, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof IaffiX my signature in 4 presence of two witnesses;

' WILFRED EAMES.

Witnesses;

H. J. ENNIS, E. H. BRADFORD.

